Machine for preparing match-stock



`PAEN'I'ElD FEB. 23, 1904.

W. H. PARKER.

MACHINE FOR PREPARING MATCH STOCK.l

APPLIUATION FILED 00124. 1902. BBNEWBD JULY 23, 1903.

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|NVENT0R BY La@ ATTORNEY No. 752,706. 4PATENIED PEB. 23, 1904. W. Hl PARKER.

MACHINE. POR. PREPARING MATCH STOCK.

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No. 752,706. PATENTBD FEB. 23, 1904.

W. H. PARKER. MACHINE PCR PREPARINC MATCH STOCK.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.24. 1902. RENEWED JULY 23. 19GB.

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milllllmllllm lli No. 259,70. i l Patented February 23, 1904. y

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

WILLIAM H. PARKER, OF PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO PARKER MATCH COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION' OF NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR PREPARING MATCH-STOCK.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,706, dated February 23, 1904.l

Application filed October 24, 1902. Renewed July 23, 1903. Serial No. 166,771. (No model.)

T @il wh/Om if W210/y COW/067%: and driven from the same shaft. In this Be it known that I, WILLIAM I-I. PARKER, of specification I will describe one of these sets Passaic, Passaic county, New Jersey, have in of mechanism as a unit. Each of these 5o vented certain new and useful Improvements punching mechanisms consists of an eccentric in Machines for Preparing Match-Stock, of 16, placed on the end of the shaft 15 and actuwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact ating, through the rod 17, a block 18, recipdescription. rocating in guides 19. In bearings on the This invention is designed to provide a ma-V block 18 is placed a latch 20, which can be 55 chine for. punching notches in the opposed made to engage with or be disengaged from lo edges of veneer to cause a series of projeca ratchet 21a on the shaft 21, said shaft being tions to be formed on said edges preparatory journaled in the bearings 27. This latch can to heading the said projections. The strip be thrown into and out of engagement by that it is intended to notch is afterward cut the handle 22, and a notched nose 23 holds 6o transversely into matches andis usedmoreparthe latch in either position by reason of the ticularly in the process for making matches pressure of a pin 24, that fits the perforation described in my Patent No. 704,091, of July 25 in the block 18 and is pressed forward by 8, 1902. a spring 26. The notch and the inclined up- A still further object is to provide a maper surface of the nose hold the latch respec- 6 5' chine that will wind the veneer so out into a tively out of and into engagement. The shaft 2O roll, insertinga strip of flexible material in the 21 extends along the side of the machine and roll, thereby spacing the edges to prevent has a worm-gear 28 at the front and rear of any double heading when theJ roll is dipped. the guides 19, and each of these is in mesh The invention is illustrated in the accomwith a similar gear 29 on shaft 30,l which runs 70 panying drawings, in whichwith the shaft 33 in boxes in the standards 35.

2'5 Figure 1 is a side view of the machine, and Gears 31 and 32 provide the power to the up- Fig. 2 an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is averper shaft 33, and these shafts 3-1 and 33 carry tical section of the punching mechanism; Fig. the feeding-rolls 37 and 36, respectively, and 4, aface view of a part thereof, and Fig. 5 is a a screw 34 regulates the distance between the 75 section on line 5 5 in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a plan rolls in any usual well-known manner. A

view of the block. Fig. 7 is a perspective hand-wheel 48 may be placed on the shaft 41 view of the punch. Figs. 8 and 9 are secfor starting veneer through the rolls. On tional views of the roll-rotating device. Fig. the shaft 15 is placed another eccentric 38,

10 is a section'of the mechanism to throw the (see Fig. 3,) which acts to reciprocate by 80 feed in and out of gear, said section being means of the pin 39 a bar 40, sliding in ways taken on line 10 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 11 is a 41 on the upright 13, and the bar has secured perspective view of a strip of veneer with a; thereto a punch-plate 42. This punch-plate portion of its edges punched with the notches 42 has two punches 43, arranged on opposite i that this machine is designed to make. ends and on the opposed sides of said ends. 85

In the drawings the base 11 supports two A block 44 on the shelf 13 has a pair of slots beams 12, which are secured thereto and 45, arranged to register with the punches 43 serve to support between them on a shelf 13 and receive them on their downward stroke. an upright 13, which in turn provides the A plate 46, similarly slotted and adapted to bearings for the shaft 15, on which is placed fit the block 44 and bridge the slot 47 in said 90 the driving-pulley 14. This pulley is preferblock, allows a strip of veneer to be fed 45 ably placed in the center of the machine, and through the last-named slot and prevents its the punching mechanism and the winding aptilting when the punches are forced down. paratus are arranged in pairson either side On the rear end of the shaft 21 is placed a IOv miter-gear 49, in mesh with the miter-gear 50 on a shaft 51, that is journaled on its inner end in a bearing 52 and also receives the shaft on the parallel machine, these shafts of course not being connected.

A sprocket-wheel 53 communicates its power by means of a chain 54 to the sprocket 55. This sprocket 55 turns with a collar 558L on the shaft 56, which is eccentrically arranged on a shaft 57 of larger diameter, and this latter shaft is adapted to be fastened in the bearing 58 and secured by the set-screw 59. In this way by a turning of the shaft 57 the chain can be tightened or loosened, as the circumstances may require, and the set-screw is adapted to hold the adjustment secure.

A sleeve "60 with the ange 60L is slipped over the shafts 56 against a Washer 6l between itself and the collar 55, and on the other end a collar 62 bears against it and is jammed up by means of the nut 63, provided with the Spanner-holes 64. In this way a variable tension can be secured, the purpose of which will be apparent hereinafter.

The block 65, to receive the veneer and roll it up, is preferably fastened 'to the collar 60 by having a pin 66 on the flange 60 enter a perforation therein, and at the same time it allows a quick removal or attachment.

The shaft 68, on a standard 67, holds the veneer c before it is punched, and on the other end of the machine a standard 69 has a shaft 70, that holds the spacing material that is to be inserted in the spaces between the veneer when it is rolled up after being punched.

When it is desired to start the machine, the veneer is placed on the shaft 68 and fed through the first pair of feed-rolls 36 and 37 by turning the hand-wheel 48 and then inserted in the slot 47 in the block 44, up to the line of the openings or slots 45. Then by turning the handle 22 of the latch 20, the

latch and its pawl, which, with the punch, op-

erate continuously, is thrown into engagement with the ratchet 21 and the feeding mechanism is set in motion. The throw of the feed-rolls is such as to feed the veneer the distance taken up by two notches, one on either edge, as it will be observed that these notches are not in line, but are placed so as to alternate, the punch cutting two at one stroke, as will be understood more fully from an inspection of Figs. 6 and 7; but the notches can be cut singly and on alternate strokes, if desired. The veneer@ is thus provided with a series of notches that consequently form between them the projections o to receive the firing composition. When the veneer has been notched, it passes through the other set of rolls 36 and 37 and is rolled up by means of the mechanism described above, the friction mechanism (shown in Fig. 8) acting to relieve the strain on the veneer, a spacing material, as d, which may be rubber or cotton belting, or any similar flexible material, being started with the roll and running in with the same. This spacing is desirable, as when the roll is dipped in the firing composition the projections or heads should be separated to prevent the capillary attraction bridging the spaces and forming double-headed matches when the veneer is cut.

I have thus devised a machine that both cuts the veneer on the edges in the proper manner and rolls it up with the intervening material ready for dipping.

, Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A machine for preparing match-stock, comprising a feeding mechanism, a punching mechanism for punching alternate notches in the opposed edges of the stock, and a winding apparatus to roll up the stock after it has been punched.

2. A machine for preparing match-stock, comprising an intermittent feeding mechanism, a punching mechanism operating to punch notches in the edges of the stock while the feedis at rest, a continuous winding apparatus to roll up the stock after it has been punched, and a tension on said winding appa.- ratus to prevent undue strain on the stock.

3. A machine for preparing match-stock, comprising an intermittent feeding mechanism, a punching mechanism operating to punch alternate notches in the opposed edges of the stock, a winding apparatus to roll up the stock after it has been punched, and a tension on said winding apparatus to prevent strain on the stock.

4. A machine for preparing match-stock, comprising an intermittent feeding mechanism, a punching mechanism operating to punch alternate notches in the opposed edges of the IOO stock, a winding apparatus to roll up the stock after it has been notched, and a tension adapted to slip when a certain tension is reached, a device to feed a separating medium into the rollto separate the edges of the stock.

5. In a machine for preparing match-stock, a punch adapted to punch alternate notches in the opposed edges of the stock, said punch having cutting-lingers on the edges thereof and arranged to have the faces toward one another in the same vertical plane.

6. In a machine for preparing match-stock, a feeding mechanism, a punching mechanism, a continuous-winding apparatus to roll up the prepared stock with a separating medium, a means for fastening said roll to the winding mechanism, and a friction device to cease the winding vwhen a certain tension on the stock has been reached.

7. A machine for preparing match-stock, comprising a continuous-punching mechanism adapted to punch notches in the edges of `the stock, a pair of intermittent feed-rolls IIO feeding the stock to said punching mechanism, a second pair of rolls behind said punching mechanism, a Winding apparatus to roll up the match-stock With a separating medium, and an adjustable friction device to prevent the Winding1 When a certain tension on the stock has been reached.

In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM H. PARKER. Witnesses WM. H. CAivmIELD, J. G. DUNBAR. 

